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A solar-energy-derived strained hydrocarbon as an energetic hypergolic fuel
- Source :
- RSC Adv.. 4:50998-51001
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2014.
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Abstract
- Quadricyclane (QC), synthesized from photoisomerization and commonly used for solar-energy conversion and storage, is found to be an excellent hypergolic fuel. The ignition delay time of QC–N2O4 is 29 ms, which is decreased to 18 ms by addition of boron nanoparticles. Importantly, quadricyclane has 18.9% higher specific impulsion than currently used but dangerous dimethylhydrazine.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Photoisomerization
business.industry
General Chemical Engineering
Inorganic chemistry
Nanoparticle
chemistry.chemical_element
Hypergolic propellant
General Chemistry
Solar energy
Photochemistry
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Hydrocarbon
chemistry
law
Dimethylhydrazine
Quadricyclane
business
Boron
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20462069
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- RSC Adv.
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........83f13388b50056d78fd2c403d3647498